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Is the death penalty OK?

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Yes - it’s an appropriate punishment for violent criminals.

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Yes - but we should be very careful how and when we use it.

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It’s only ok in very extreme cases.

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It’s never OK - it’s always wrong to take a human life.

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  • nobody deserves to die
    25 Jan 2024
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  • notsonice
    For the government to reduce crime it must increase public spending in things like the nhs, the social services etc.
    13 Jan 2024
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  • notsonice
    Poverty-stricken areas are most likely to be rife with crimes like drug dealings,the government to reduce crime it must increase public spen
    13 Jan 2024
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  • notsonice
    I think that the death penalty is ok in very extreme cases because the government must eliminate the root cause of crimes like drug dealing
    13 Jan 2024
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  • temet nosce
    It's known the death penatly doesn't bring a person back to life.There' salso no evidence it reduces murder compared the life imprisonment.
    4 Nov 2021
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  • indigenous lives matter to
    Now its different if their actually INNOCENT. But FOR THE CONFIRMED REOFFENDERS IN MY VIEW ITS APPROPRIATE
    29 Oct 2021
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  • indigenous lives matter to
    Executing someone permanently stops the worst criminals and means we can all feel safer, as they can't commit any more crimes.
    29 Oct 2021
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  • indigenous lives matter to
    You all need to stop thinking about the welfare of the criminals and start thinking about the welfare of the feelings of the families
    29 Oct 2021
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  • nota bene
    Thus, if the goal is to improve society, than the death penalty should be mostly abolished.
    23 Oct 2021
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  • nota bene
    Can only be taken a way to prevent more from being taken. Killing will not improve the killers, they cannot make anymore decisions.
    23 Oct 2021
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  • nota bene
    A human life should only be taken if it is the absolute necessity to prevent more from being taken. Life is a universal human right that
    23 Oct 2021
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  • michaeldeng
    If there is none, there is a much higher incentive for terrorists and murderers to carry out acts. Jail also costs a lot of money
    10 Oct 2021
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  • leopoldsimmons
    To kill is never ok "If we do an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we will be a blind and toothless nation." -Martin Luther King, Jr.
    23 Dec 2020
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  • sereon
    I you knew that the moment you heard the words "we find the defendant guilty" you were going to die would you commit a crime?
    23 Nov 2020
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  • sereon
    Murder, rape, treason, and terrorism.
    23 Nov 2020
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  • manveer
    All life has intrinsic value, and regardless of the crime, death is not the way. "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind".
    8 Aug 2020
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  • zantezuma
    It should be used for serious crimes (murder, rape etc.) when we know without any doubt that the criminal in question did the crime.
    17 Jul 2020
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  • generalbob1212
    recent studies shows that death penalty saves lives. For each inmate put to death, 3 to 18 murders were prevented. It's not morally wrong.
    7 Jul 2020
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  • generalbob1212
    Death penalty should be used for serious crimes like rape, murder, homicide, adultery, fraud, but not for very light crimes. :/
    7 Jul 2020
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  • xo.amaraxo
    only if they are 100% sure that the person did it and they have done something very extreme otherwise the police are technically as bad then
    13 May 2020
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  • duh?!
    so 65 35, that's usually how a room splits after a bit of discussion,
    9 Sep 2019
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  • coolerthanu
    ummmm, the death penalty is okay, we just have to be 110% confident the suspect is the criminal we are sentencing
    15 Mar 2019
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  • poppyw
    Imagine in 20 years time when the technology is more advanced and we actually prove the innocence of people thought guilty
    28 Feb 2019
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  • powleydan
    From a utilitarian perspective, the death penalty is good and bad. On one hand it gives utility to the family of the deceased. But the crimi
    10 Jan 2019
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  • nerdgirl
    Why would we sink to their level? The world doesn't surround the saying, 'An eye for an eye'.
    14 Dec 2018
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  • eh12
    The worst criminals need to be removed from society, but locking them up for life is expensive. Why should we be made to pay for that?
    16 May 2018
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  • minecraftbob
    Yes it seems a bit hypocritical when the law says we shouldn't kill. There are other ways to punish criminals.
    6 Nov 2017
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  • izzabellfast
    Can we trust those who make the decisions? Lots of places use the death penalty to keep themselves in power and that is really wrong.
    1 Nov 2017
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  • morganisaway
    We can't limit something we've never been given the option to be in control of. When caution is biased, is the criteria not expendable?
    20 Jul 2023
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  • user1234
    The Death Penalty is never ok.
    16 Jul 2023
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